8th Annual Of The Year's Best Science Fiction 1963

(Written As By George Whitley)

Short Story

Of all the legendary and mythical creatures of earth, the dwellers in the sea - mermaids, monsters, were-seals, sirens - have been among the most consistently intriguing. For many years, it has been generally agreed that the superficial resemblance between dolphins and humans was probably responsible for most mermaid "sightings." Now the most recent evidence suggests that the resmemblance is not entirely superficial.